themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoSteam payment headaches grow as PayPal is no longer usable for much of the world: Valve hopes to bring it back in the future, 'but the timeline is uncertain'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square231fedilinkarrow-up1733arrow-down16
arrow-up1727arrow-down1external-linkSteam payment headaches grow as PayPal is no longer usable for much of the world: Valve hopes to bring it back in the future, 'but the timeline is uncertain'www.pcgamer.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square231fedilink
minus-squareBarracuda@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·3 days agoThe short is that the acquiring bank of PayPal has banned transactions to Steam in all non-Western currencies (exception being Japanese Yen).
minus-squareWraithGear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoits a power play to enforce dominance
minus-squareBunScientist@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoTIL Mexico isn’t in the west
The short is that the acquiring bank of PayPal has banned transactions to Steam in all non-Western currencies (exception being Japanese Yen).
Why?
its a power play to enforce dominance
TIL Mexico isn’t in the west